Customer Delivery Driver

Want to elevate your career to a Higher Altitude?

Amazing opportunity to join the worlds' largest air services provider as a part of our Catering Team at Cairns Airport as a Casual Customer Delivery Driver.

At dnata catering & retail, the sky's truly the limit

CASUAL SHIFTS 2-3 per week available

Peak Periods and Holidays (Nov-Jan) up to 5 a week.

So, what does a day in the life of a Customer Delivery Driver look like?

As a member of our Airside team, you are the face of dnata catering out on the tarmac and are responsible for the very important task of correctly loading catering onto the aircraft. To do this, you need to load fully stocked aircraft trolleys onto our hi-lift trucks and drive a short distance to the aircraft.

Once airside, you will guide the vehicle for safe approach, load the carts onto the aircraft, and work with the airline cabin crew to make sure everything is correct. You will also remove any empty carts, before heading back to our catering facility.

In a nutshell, your main responsibilities are:

• Short distance driving and basic vehicle safety checks, including re-fueling.
• Safely load and unload trucks and aircraft with catering, equipment, carts and ovens, ensuring any discrepancies are followed up on.
• Guide and position the trucks safely in line with Company, Airport, and Airline policies.
• As the face of our business, you will communicate and coordinate with Airline cabin crew for aircraft servicing and delivery hand over.
• Follow instructions as given to you by your Trainer, Shift Supervisor or Dept Head.
• Administrative documentation, shift reports and general cleaning duties as required.

What do you need to be successful in securing this role?

• Must hold a clean valid MR or HR Driver's License (min 1 year of driving)
• Be relatively fit and active. Ability to perform frequent manual handling tasks.
• Flexibility working around flight schedules is essential.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• 20/20 vision and sound hearing is vital for this role as you will be on the tarmac.
• Neat and tidy presentation, well spoken.
• As you will be working in the Aviation sector, a cleared National Police Check is required (at our cost).

What's in it for you?

• Be part of a close knit & dedicated team that is committed to safety.
• Competitive pay rates and generous hourly penalties.
• Free onsite parking, daily staff meals, and uniforms.
• Company Maintained ASIC and ADA certification.
• Career development and progression, coupled with national relocation opportunities.
• Discounts at hundreds of retailers (such as Woolworths, Caltex and JB-HiFi), discounted health insurance and online wellbeing resources.

About Us:

We are Australia's largest and most admired inflight catering and retail partner. Specialising in inflight catering and retail and food manufacturing, our group of diverse brands enables us to deliver extensive service capabilities.

Chosen by many of the world's top airlines, we operate 16 facilities across 12 cities and employ over 4,000 people who help us to produce over 64 million meals, and service more than 250,000 flights, each year.

Parent company dnata – part of the Emirates Group – is one of the world's largest air services providers. Offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and inflight catering and retail services, dnata ensures the aviation industry operates smoothly and efficiently.

Want to know more about dnata catering and our global businesses? Visit our Australian careers website and watch a short video here:

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